The first challenge for the Jackson Wastewater Treatment Plant was to reduce energy use by 10 percent. With that achieved, the goal was to treat each gallon 40 percent more efficiently.
The plant exceeded that goal by nearly two times and ahead of schedule. Now Johnny Ziem, wastewater manager, is looking to keep moving the bar and achieve net zero energy at the 5 mgd design/2.2 mgd average lagoon treatment plant in scenic Jackson Hole, Wyoming.Water mixingThe latest project, installed in summer 2015, is a GridBee mixing system (Medora Corporation) to improve lagoon aeration efficiency. “We were operating 750 hp of
